The observance of the Lucaria,
the commemoration of the sack of Rome by the Gauls and the subsequent destruction
of the Gallic army, continued today, although as an even numbered day, it
was not named as such.
This was the third day of the Great Fire
in Rome in DCCCXVII A.V.C. (64 AD). The emperor Nero reportedly played his lyre and sang as
he watched from a distance..